Kansas, 1998Ice Storm in Kansas, December 20, 1998
December 20, 1998 · NWS TOP · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
3 ice storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Ice Storm, Douglas
- When
- December 20, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.885, -95.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Freezing drizzle and snow caused icy road conditions and resulted in 4 fatal accidents which killed 4 people. A two vehicle accident occurred on Highway 10 near Eudora. and killed a woman. A vehicle slid on Interstate 35 in Lyon county during the afternoon and crossed the median strip where it collided with a tractor trailer. The male driver of the vehicle was killed. Two single vehicle accidents occurred about ten minutes apart on Interstate 35 in Osage county. The vehicles slid on the icy roadway and overturned. One person was killed in each accident.
Ice Storm, Lyon
- When
- December 20, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.456, -96.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Osage
- When
- December 20, 6:20 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Osage forecast zone
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.652, -95.727 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in California, December 20 to 21, 19982 deaths · $1.0 million · 2 events
- Cold in California, December 20 to 27, 1998$596 million · 2 events
- Rip Current in Florida, December 20, 19981 death · 2 injured · 1 event
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, December 20 to 21, 199848 events
- Winter Storm in Missouri, December 20 to 21, 199834 events
- Cold in Nebraska, December 20 to 23, 199824 events
- High Wind in Nevada, December 20, 19981 injured · $15,000 · 1 event
- Ice Storm in Kansas, December 20 to 21, 199810 events
- Cold in Kansas, December 20 to 23, 19986 events
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 20 to 21, 19986 events
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 20, 19984 events
- Winter Storm in Kansas, December 20 to 21, 19983 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5670277, 5670278, 5670279.